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Tick Task Force

Dutchess County Deer Tick Control Task Force

Mission Statement

Mission: To provide recommendations, to facilitate, guide, and evaluate the development of programs for environmentally responsible tick control by:

  1. Compiling information on tick ecology and methods of tick control.
  2. Identifying sources and recommending the allocation of funds to support basic and applied research into tick control.
  3. Providing guidance and oversight in support of research in tick control.
  4. Stimulating other counties, states, and federal agencies to join Dutchess County in supporting initiatives involving tick control.
  5. Assessing the need and providing support for education and dissemination of information on tick-borne disease prevention and tick control.

 

Donna Bolner, Chairman of the Tick Task Force

Information Web Sites

Prevention Web Sites

Tick Task Force: Expert Panel July 12, 2023

The Dutchess County Tick Task Force held its annual Tick Educational Event on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, and included informative presentations from the following top research professionals:
 

  Mason Kauffman, Fighting Lyme Disease with One Health and Integrated Tick Management
 

  Richard Horowitz, High Dose Pulse Dapsone Combination Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Lyme and Associated Co-Infections
 

  Dr. Kenneth Liegner, Update on Disulfiram and Direct Detection Method for Lyme Disease
 

Monica Embers, Persistent Lyme Disease: Supportive Evidence and Potential Solutions
 

Saravanan Thangamani, Community-Engaged tick Surveillance to Track the Emergence of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in New York State
 

Holly Ahern, Suny Adirondack, Maternal-Fetal Transmission of Lyme Disease and Babesia - What Present and Future Moms Need to Know
 

Tick Task Force Educational Event - July 19, 2022

The Dutchess County Tick Task Force held its annual Tick Educational Event on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, and included informative presentations from the following top research professionals:

 

Tick Task Force Educational Event - July 20, 2021

The Dutchess County Tick Task Force held its annual Tick Educational Event on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, and included informative presentations from the following top research professionals:

Tick Task Force Virtual Exhibit - May 7, 2020

In light of the COVID19 pandemic and the need to be socially distant, this year’s annual Tick Exhibit is being held virtually and will include informative presentations from top research professionals.

Please view the following PowerPoint presentations to develop a broader understanding of all aspects of tick-borne diseases.

As new presentations are available, they will be posted here. Please check back. 

Tick Task Force Exhibit - May 14 - 16, 2019

Tick Task Force Educational Panel - April 26, 2018

Tick Task Force Workshop - May 10, 2017

Tick Task Force Workshop - May 11, 2016

Tick Task Force Webinar - May 13, 2015

Tick-born Disease Related Videos: